φιλοδοξώ

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φιλοδοξῶ (philodoxô),[1] contracted form of φιλοδοξέω (philodoxéō, to love fame, to seek honour).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.lo.ðoˈkso/
  • Hyphenation: φι‧λο‧δο‧ξώ

Verb

φιλοδοξώ • (filodoxó) (past φιλοδόξησα, passive —)

  1. to have the ambition, to aspire [with να (na, + verb) ‘to do’]

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ φιλοδοξώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language